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American Civil War: Of Roman Plagues, Handmaid’s Tales & the Real Geopolitics of Fiction
December 23, 2021
Biden’s foreign policy and his attitude to the EU seems to be a clone of Trump’s. Which oddly and incredibly, lends more to the Handmaid scenario than it does Black Mirror.
Rome Fell and It’s Probably Your Fault
September 24, 2021
Next time you read someone pontificating that the Roman Empire fell because it did something he doesn’t approve of, just smile.
COVID-19: How 3 Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts
October 12, 2020
Andrew Latham begins with the Antonine and Cyprian twin plagues, which ravaged the Roman Empire and gave rise to Christianity.
I, Trumpius
February 22, 2020
Why is Claudius relevant today? Claudius’s excesses and abuses of power contributed to the ultimate fall of the Roman Empire, which continued to maintain some vestiges of the even greater Roman Republic.
